Birthday Grifts is a 2023 Looney Tunes Cartoons short directed by David Gemmill.
Title[]
The title is a play on "birthday gifts."
Plot[]
After he eats Elmer's birthday cake, Bugs tries to "make it up to him" by showing him the best birthday party ever.
Music Cues[]
- "Happy Birthday to You" - plays throughout the short.
Availability[]
Streaming[]
Censorship[]
- In European countries, the following scenes are censored:
- The scene in which Elmer Fudd pulls a knife on Bugs Bunny is shortened and zoomed in so the weapon cannot be seen.
- The scene in which Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd play musical chairs is cut due to Elmer being tricked into getting himself electrocuted on the electric chair.
Notes[]
- This is the first short of Season 6.
- The working title was "Elmer's Birthday".
- The title card resembles the title cards for "Elmer's Pet Rabbit", "Good Night Elmer", and "Porky's Ant".
- The game "Kill The Wabbit", which Elmer attempts to do to Bugs after Bugs' bouncy castle idea fails, is a direct reference to the song of the same name from "What's Opera, Doc?".
- In addition, Elmer makes a devilish face when doing so, just like he did in "Hare Remover".
- This is the only cartoon in the series where the intro featuring Bugs Bunny riding the WB shield logo is accompanied by "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down".
- Multiple scenes of this short were animated in-house.[1]
Gallery[]
Character design by John Pomeroy
Backgrounds and color script, art directed by Aaron Spurgeon
